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A short weekend Martian terraforming project, made in Blender and based on the Space VFX Course by Aidy Burrows and Gleb Alexandrov. As such I didn't check to make the whole thing physically accurate, such as the planetary rotation and orbit periods, and it wasn't until close to the end that I realized I had covered Olympus Mons with water. But it was a fun learning experience, which is what's important!

Since I added an atmosphere, I also included a model of NASA's MAVEN satellite. It was designed to study the Martian atmosphere and began operations in 2014. While it probably won't be in orbit long enough to survey a terraformed Mars like this, it still has enough fuel to operate until 2030. More info: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/maven/in-depth/
(This channel and project are not affiliated with NASA)

Music: Lunar Awning by Harris Heller - Streambeats
Space VFX Course: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3g8XxmqSP90
MAVEN Satellite Model: https://nasa3d.arc.nasa.gov/detail/maven-jpl